Benji
Rank in 2025
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recorded as girls
#1341
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
142
boys 142
Peak year
1975
168 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
2,348
since 1952
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Benji was most popular in 1975, when 168 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.11 per 1,000). In 2025, 142 babies were named Benji, ranking #1341 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 45%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 142 | 1341 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 105 | 1620 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15194 | 108 | 1608 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 130 | 1414 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 82 | 1870 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13453 | 103 | 1579 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15539 | 76 | 1938 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 73 | 1994 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 66 | 2091 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 49 | 2551 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 55 | 2355 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 44 | 2705 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 29 | 3582 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 19 | 4862 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 19 | 4822 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 24 | 4099 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 19 | 4922 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 14 | 6070 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 17 | 5210 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 16 | 5303 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 16 | 5034 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 11 | 6258 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 12 | 5725 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 16 | 4573 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 9 | 6314 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 6 | 8110 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 8 | 6496 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 8 | 6407 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 9 | 5868 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 10 | 5360 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 11 | 4872 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 9 | 5521 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 12 | 4407 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 13 | 3705 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 15 | 2956 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 15 | 2912 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 15 | 2972 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 33 | 1726 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 40 | 1524 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 42 | 1435 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 64 | 1087 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 82 | 937 |
| 1976 | 6 | 8156 | 96 | 850 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6484 | 168 | 622 |
| 1974 | 6 | 7680 | 53 | 1124 |
| 1973 | 6 | 7435 | 17 | 2311 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8292 | 21 | 1966 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8324 | 11 | 2973 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 12 | 2739 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 16 | 2130 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 18 | 1894 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 9 | 2760 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 14 | 2132 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 17 | 1918 |
| 1964 | 5 | 6767 | 16 | 2040 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 18 | 1902 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 17 | 1962 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 10 | 2706 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 15 | 2121 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 15 | 2111 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 21 | 1724 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | 6 | 5325 | 10 | 2628 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 7 | 3095 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 3% · boys 97% across all years